he Duchess
of Burgundy, he (Bagford) was transported with joy." Of
HEARNE he thus speaks: "I am ashamed that Mr. Hearne hath
made so many mistakes about the translation of _Boetius,
printed at Tavistock_; which book I had, and gave it to the
Duke of Bedford." But in another letter (to Lewis) Anstis
says, "I lent this book to one Mr. Ryder, who used me
scurvily, by presenting it, without my knowledge, to the
Duke of Bedford." There are some curious particulars in this
letter about the abbey of Tavistock. Anstis's _Order of the
Garter_ is a valuable book; and will one day, I
prognosticate, retrieve the indifferent credit it now
receives in the book-market. The author loved rare and
curious volumes dearly; and was, moreover, both liberal and
prompt in his communications. The reader will draw his own
conclusions on Anstis's comparative merit with Lewis and
Ames, when he reaches the end of the second note after the
present one.]

[Footnote 371: Concerning the Rev. JOHN LEWIS, I am enabled
to lay before the reader some particulars now published for
the first time, and of a nature by no means uninteresting to
the lovers of literary anecdote. His printed works, and his
bibliographical character, together with his conduct towards
Ames, have been already sufficiently described to the
public: _Typographical Antiquities_, vol. i., 30-3. And
first, the aforesaid reader and lovers may peruse the
following extract from an original letter by Lewis to Ames:
"I have no other design, in being so free with you, than to
serve you, by doing all I can to promote your credit and
reputation. I take it, that good sense and judgment,
attended with care and accuracy in making and sorting a
collection, suits every one's palate: and that they must
have none at all who are delighted with trifles and play
things fit only for fools and children: such, for the most
part, as THOMAS HEARNE dished out for his chaps, among whom
I was so silly as to rank myself." Again, to the same
person, he thus makes mention of LORD OXFORD and Hearne: "I
can truly say I never took ill any thing which you have
written to me: but heartily wish you well to succeed in the
execution of your projects. I han't sense to see, by the
death of Lord Oxford, how much more you are like